"Creature from the Black Lagoon" Remake Update

Collider had the chance to talk to writer/producer Gary Ross about the upcoming remake of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon," which Ross said is moving forward.

"It's not going to be campy," he said of the tone of the movie. "It's not a reference to what the original was. It's not reverential that way. We take it seriously. We found some scientific underpinnings for it which my dad actually found in the original. He based it on a lungfish he found around that time, a lot of that was his. We're not approaching it in a campy, retro sort of way."

Ross added that the new movie will be going for scares, but not in a silly way. There is no director onboard yet and the decision whether the creature will be live or CGI has yet to be made.

"Those are decisions that will always be made during prep," he said. "The movie is not greenlit – let me say that. But we hope to be making it sometime next year."